Innovation and privacy go hand in hand here at Mozilla…

Is this the time to drop firefox?

    • Guadin@k.fe.derate.meOP
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      6 months ago

      Librefox? Or something else? Don’t know, but since Firefox is often recommended for privacy, I was wondering if this changes things?

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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        6 months ago

        mozilla is on a bad path, but they are still the most privacy respecting (with configuration) option of the big browsers today.

        • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          And the fact they provide those configurations is important in and of itself. Configurable software is falling more and more out of fashion.

      • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        This is disabled if you turn off telemetry in the settings, which users should already be doing anyway. I don’t see this as any worse than what they already do.

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          6 months ago

          which users should already be doing anyway.

          Not necessarily. If you want to support the software it’s generally a good idea to leave it on as it helps the devs find bugs and what features are needed and what existing features that are used.

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          6 months ago

          Why would I disable telemetry when it can give valuable information for development purposes?

          • nintendiator@feddit.cl
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            6 months ago

            Capture everything you do on the browser 24/7 to machine-process it for “points”

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            Simply asking for feedback or taking feedback directly on the points I’m interested, for example with a survey or Mozilla Connect

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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        6 months ago

        UN googled chromium is pretty good honestly.

        But… you will lose lots of privacy options with manifest v3.